Abstract:ECN and MNP have undertaken a first exploration of the measures and policy instruments that can be implemented to achieve the new Dutch government’s targets for energy and climate policy. The targets for 2020 that have been examined are a 30% greenhouse gas emission reduction, a 20% share for renewable energy and 2% energy conservation per year. The exploration shows that the targets for conservation and renewables are ambitious compared to current policy. ECN and MNP have examined two routes to achieve a 30% greenhouse gas emission reduction: a route with fixed sub targets for renewables and energy conservation and a route in which the greenhouse gas emission reduction will be reached on the most cost effective manner.